Labor Code section 218.5, an attorney fee-shifting statute in actions for
nonpayment of wages, prohibits a prevailing party employer from recovering attorney
fees unless the trial court finds the employee brought the wage claim in bad faith. This
appeal presents an issue regarding the effect of Labor Code section 218.5 on a prevailing
party employer’s right to recover contract-base

¶1 While the appeal before us presents complex procedural questions of both state and federal character and some first-impression matters of adjective law, the case's legal issues are posed in the context of two rather straightforward queries - (1) Was Gulf Oil Corporation, now Chevron USA Inc., and GOC Acquisition Corporation [collectively Gulf] justified in terminating the merger agreement betwe

¶1 This cause concerns a dispute between Appellants, who are various insurance companies doing business as Farmers Insurance Group (hereafter "Farmers"), together with their District Manager, Cassity and Appellee Hall, who for many years was an insurance agent selling policies for Farmers. Halls' association with Farmers began in April, 1962, and continued until 1978. In 1968, Hall and Farmers ent

This is plaintiff and appellant Patrick Barber’s second appeal in this case and
raises an issue of first impression.
Upon remand from Barber’s first appeal (Barber I),
defendant and respondent, the California State Personnel Board (SPB), awarded Barber a
lump sum back pay award, which resulted in Barber incurring increased income tax
liability. SPB denied Barber’s motion for r

Appellant Aurora Le Mere was a teacher employed by the
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) for 13 years. In
2015, she sued LAUSD and six of its employees, alleging a
pattern of harassment, discrimination and retaliation against her
because she engaged in protected activities. She appeals from a
judgment of dismissal entered after the trial court sustained
LAUSD’s de